Holes Chapters 1-10 Figurative Language

The bus wasn’t air-conditioned, and the hot, heavy air was almost as stifling as the handcuffs.

• personification

• metaphor

• simile

Answer explanation

comparing 2 objects using like or as

...they always blamed Stanley’s no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather.

• alliteration

• personification

• metaphor

Answer explanation

same beginning consonant sounds

While the wolf waits below, hungry and lonely,

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

• alliteration

Answer explanation

same beginning consonant sounds

The melody was sweet and sad, but Stanley’s favorite part was when his father would howl the word “moon.”

• simile

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

Answer explanation

suggests the sound that it describes

Farther away there was a cabin beneath two tall trees.

• alliteration

• personification

• simile

Answer explanation

same beginning consonant sounds

You want to run away? You’ll be buzzard food in three days.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

Answer explanation

comparing 2 objects

“Because there’s nothing inside his head.”

• onomatopoeia

• personification

• hyperbole

Answer explanation

extreme exaggeration

Stanley was relieved to be left alone, but he was so thirsty he felt as if he would die if he didn’t get something to drink soon.

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

Answer explanation

compare 2 objects using like or as

Armpit was snoring two cots away.

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

• personification

Answer explanation

suggests the sound that it describes

...and suddenly a pair of sneakers fell on top of him, seemingly out of nowhere, like a gift from God.

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

Answer explanation

compare 2 objects using like or as